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CVE-2020-1926

Timing attack in Cookie signature verification

Published: Mar 16, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-208
NVD MITRE
5.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 17.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Apache Hive cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks. This could allow recovery of another users cookie signature. The issue was addressed in Apache Hive 2.3.8

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-208CWE-203

Affected Products

hiveapache
On-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
org.apache.hive:hiveMavenOSS Libraries
Apache HiveApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Discovery
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References

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708
issues.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1926
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Mar 16, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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